Legal Opinion
Felton v. Secretary, United States Department of Education
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 9, 1984No. 964, Docket 83-6359PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
The venerated language of the First Amendment provides that
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof____
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (“the Act”), 20 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.,1 declared it to be the policy of the United States to provide financial assistance to local educational institutions serving areas with concentrations of children from low-income families to expand and improve their educational programs which contribute particularly to meeting the special educational…
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